Book Group last night at my house. We read a book called “Garden Spells” which was a fun summer read about some quirky people, one of them was a caterer named Claire who made food with the special plants from her garden. I do not have a garden like Claire’s but I tried to do … Continue reading
Somebody help me! I’m cooking and I can’t stop! So far today I have made chocolate chip muffins (from a mix, yes, sometimes I cheat!), a batch of spaghetti sauce to put in the freezer (on the blog under main dish), Chuck Wagon Cheeseburger Skillet (see post just prior to this one) and now this … Continue reading
This is a Pillsbury bakeoff recipe from 2002. The picture doesn’t do it justice, it is really tasty! 4 slices bacon (I bought a precooked package of bacon and used the whole package) 1 pound hamburger 3 tablespoons chopped onion 3 tablespoons oil 2 1/2 cups frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed 1 (11 oz) can … Continue reading
These should be called Easiest Calzones ever! This is a super quick and super tasty dinner! I think the recipe came from the Kraft food magazine. 1 (13.8 oz) can refrigerated pizza crust 16 slices shaved ham 1 cup shredded Colby and Monterey Jack cheese 1/4 cup Ranch dressing 1 tomato, cut into thin slices … Continue reading
Another zucchini recipe (tomatoes too!), this one from the Pampered Chef. Bob went and picked the zucchini right from our garden. This is one of our favorites. 1 (10 oz) package refrigerated pizza crust 1 small onion, sliced into rings 1 medium zucchini, sliced 2 plum tomatoes, sliced 1 cup mushrooms, sliced (I think you … Continue reading
It’s zucchini time of year so I’ll probably be posting some zucchini recipes here in the next few days. These are the Sunday morning treats for the Sunday School classes! Brianne, are you peeking? This came from a magazine somewhere along the way, maybe an advertisement for the raw cane sugar called for in the … Continue reading
This is a Taste of Home recipe. Looks like it came in the February/March 2008 magazine. This didn’t look like it made a lot (the recipe said 4 servings) so I increased the amount of all ingredients to accommodate my pasta salad loving family. 1 1/2 cups uncooked penne pasta (I used a 17.2 oz … Continue reading
I keep all the new recipes that I want to try out in a big blue accordion file folder in my kitchen. There are a lot of recipes in there! I probably will not in my lifetime be able to make them all and I keep adding to the folder every week. The recipes come … Continue reading
Today is my husband Bob’s birthday and it’s been a bit of a bust because our daughter Courtney just got out of the hospital last night after being there since Saturday night when she fell off a zipline and fractured her wrist and sacrum and her pelvis in two places but I did manage to make … Continue reading
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